Wild at Rangers

WILD (25-10-3) at RANGERS (28-12-4)

Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno
Matt Boldy -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Kevin Fiala
Connor Dewar -- Victor Rask -- Brandon Duhaime
Alex Goligoski -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Dmitry Kulikov -- Jordie Benn
Cam Talbot
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched: Kyle Rau
Injured:Nick Bjugstad (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Nico Sturm, Jon Merrill
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Julien Gauthier
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Barclay Goodrow
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Tim Gettinger -- Dryden Hunt
Greg McKegg -- Kevin Rooney -- Ryan Reaves
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Ryan Lindgren -- Braden Schneider
Zac Jones - Libor Hajek
Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Patrik Nemeth, Jonny Brodzinski, Nils Lundkvist
Injured: Adam Fox (upper body), Kaapo Kakko (upper body), Filip Chytil (lower body)
Status report
Brodin is expected to return after missing six games with an upper-body injury. He's practiced the past two days since he was medically cleared. … Talbot will start after tweaking a lower-body injury against the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. It was the same injury he sustained during the 2022 Discover NHL Winter Classic that sidelined him for six games. … Sturm, a forward, and Merrill, a defenseman, each entered NHL COVID-19 protocol Wednesday and are not with the Wild as they start a four-game road trip. … Fox was placed on injured reserve and is considered day to day. The defenseman left a 5-3 loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday after he was pinned to the boards by Blue Jackets defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov and went to the bench after a 19-second shift ending 51 seconds into the third period. … Gettinger and Lundkvist, a defenseman, were recalled from the taxi squad. Forward
Morgan Barron
was sent to the taxi squad. ... Nemeth, a defenseman, didn't play Thursday because of a personal matter. … The Rangers did not hold a morning skate.